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Elfquest #9
Rogue's Curse
It is the strangest lovers' dilemma on the World of Two Moons.
Magic-wielding Rayek had desired Leetah the healer for centuries, until Wolfrider chief Cutter won her love for all time. Then the sorcerer discovered a soulmate in Winnowill, the dark and seductive lord of Blue Mountain, who sought to enslave all elves.
When Winnowill's body died in the battle for the Palace Shards, Rayek absorbed her malevolent essence into himself. He still loves her, yet she seeks only the freedom to wreak havoc. To release her spirit, all she needs to do is cause her oving "jailer's" death. Is his love great enough to grant her wish?
Magic-wielding Rayek had desired Leetah the healer for centuries, until Wolfrider chief Cutter won her love for all time. Then the sorcerer discovered a soulmate in Winnowill, the dark and seductive lord of Blue Mountain, who sought to enslave all elves.
When Winnowill's body died in the battle for the Palace Shards, Rayek absorbed her malevolent essence into himself. He still loves her, yet she seeks only the freedom to wreak havoc. To release her spirit, all she needs to do is cause her oving "jailer's" death. Is his love great enough to grant her wish?
268 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
About the author
Wendy Pini
616 books399 followersWendy Pini is one-half of a husband and wife team with Richard Pini that created, most notably, the Elfquest series.
Wendy was born in California and adopted into the Fletcher Family in Santa Clara County. Early on, she developed as an artist and was the illustrator of her high school year book. She submitted samples of her artwork to Marvel Comics at 17 that were rejected.
Pini attended Pitzer College and received her B.A. in the Arts and joined the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society.
In 1972, she married Richard Pini and began illustrating science fiction magazines, including Galaxy, Galileo, and Worlds of If. In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Elfquest was self-published for 25 years and in 2003, licensed to DC Comics. The comic series has won several awards, including the Ed Aprill Award for Best Independent Comic, two Alley Awards, the Fantasy Festival Comic Book Awards for Best Alternative Comic, and the Golden Pen Award.
Wendy has illustrated other works, including Jonny Quest in 1986, Law and Chaos in 1987, and in 1989, two graphic novels of Beauty and the Beast. Recently in 2007, she completed a graphic novel entitled The Masque of Red Death.
Wendy has received several awards over the last four decades, including the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award, the Balrog Award for Best Artist, and was inducted into the Friends of Lulu Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 2002.
Wendy and her husband currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Wendy was born in California and adopted into the Fletcher Family in Santa Clara County. Early on, she developed as an artist and was the illustrator of her high school year book. She submitted samples of her artwork to Marvel Comics at 17 that were rejected.
Pini attended Pitzer College and received her B.A. in the Arts and joined the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society.
In 1972, she married Richard Pini and began illustrating science fiction magazines, including Galaxy, Galileo, and Worlds of If. In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Elfquest was self-published for 25 years and in 2003, licensed to DC Comics. The comic series has won several awards, including the Ed Aprill Award for Best Independent Comic, two Alley Awards, the Fantasy Festival Comic Book Awards for Best Alternative Comic, and the Golden Pen Award.
Wendy has illustrated other works, including Jonny Quest in 1986, Law and Chaos in 1987, and in 1989, two graphic novels of Beauty and the Beast. Recently in 2007, she completed a graphic novel entitled The Masque of Red Death.
Wendy has received several awards over the last four decades, including the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award, the Balrog Award for Best Artist, and was inducted into the Friends of Lulu Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 2002.
Wendy and her husband currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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July 13, 2018
Ugh. So frustrating. Somehow I failed to notice that Rogue's Curse and Rogue's Challenge are two entirely separate books, specifically because later Reader's Editions list Curse as book 9. This is an error in sequencing that I do not understand.
Book 9 originally was Rogue's Challenge. The order should be Kings of the Broken Wheel (8), Hidden Years, Rogue's Challenge (original book 9)(which was inexplicably changed into the first half of later publications of Shards).
The entire plot of Rogue's Curse takes place AFTER Shards (Reader's Edition Book 10). There are spoilers aplenty, if you read the series in the Reader's Edition order. The official chronology for EQ listed on their website is by comic issue, not book, so I'm sure this has been remedied if I had followed that, but I did not.
I'm not entirely interested in Rayek's personal growth and development. This side plot was very odd, but I'm sure I'm mostly mad that its inaccurate chronology revealed major plot developments.
Book 9 originally was Rogue's Challenge. The order should be Kings of the Broken Wheel (8), Hidden Years, Rogue's Challenge (original book 9)(which was inexplicably changed into the first half of later publications of Shards).
The entire plot of Rogue's Curse takes place AFTER Shards (Reader's Edition Book 10). There are spoilers aplenty, if you read the series in the Reader's Edition order. The official chronology for EQ listed on their website is by comic issue, not book, so I'm sure this has been remedied if I had followed that, but I did not.
I'm not entirely interested in Rayek's personal growth and development. This side plot was very odd, but I'm sure I'm mostly mad that its inaccurate chronology revealed major plot developments.
September 7, 2025
Read on ElfQuest.com for my Great ElfQuest Read of 2025. I had probably read a few installments of this before because I was buying the EQII anthology issues when they first started, but I didn't remember anything about it and it made much more sense having read the Shards arc fairly recently.
This actually takes place after Final Quest, but since FQ was published after this I decided to go ahead and read all the anthology storylines before I jump into FQ. I am in the home stretch of my ElfQuest Read, with just the stories set in the far future (Jink, Rebels and FutureQuest) plus the Worldpool stories to go before reading Final Quest and Stargazer's Hunt.
I liked the artwork and the story of Rogue's Curse better than the other anthology stories I've read (Wild Hunt and Fire-Eye, so this was a quick and enjoyable read.
This actually takes place after Final Quest, but since FQ was published after this I decided to go ahead and read all the anthology storylines before I jump into FQ. I am in the home stretch of my ElfQuest Read, with just the stories set in the far future (Jink, Rebels and FutureQuest) plus the Worldpool stories to go before reading Final Quest and Stargazer's Hunt.
I liked the artwork and the story of Rogue's Curse better than the other anthology stories I've read (Wild Hunt and Fire-Eye, so this was a quick and enjoyable read.
December 28, 2015
One of the best ElfQuest tales I've read to date. I love how deeply this delved into Rayek and Winnowill's saga.
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